Amazing swordplay and high-action entertainment are not reserved for your favorite pirate epics. Fencing is a sport that offers all the thrills of swordplay from days of yore, without the macabre outcomes. Swords in the context of battle is nothing new, and in fact goes back to ancient times. Fencing evolved into a sport of its own, and within a few hundred years, rules emerged to define the sport. Fencing equipment evolved along with the rules and conventions of fencing. Fencing was one of the original sports included in the modern Olympics starting in 1896. The foil is the fencing sword used most commonly in the sport, both by experienced and beginners alike. The foil began as a training tool in the 1700s, something beginners used before taking up a small sword. The torso of the body is the typical target for one using a foil.
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